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RR RRTlPBen 

By SDITB m. TBeiWRS 

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Illustrated by half-tone Gn^i'<i"i"^s aftei^ Original Designs by 

VO. ST. JGBn K^IRPGR 




,- 1889 



NEW YORK 

Copyright, iSSg, by 

FREDERICK A. STOKES & BROTHER 

MDCCCLXXXIX 



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The guardian of the lilies. 



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©Y^ftere FlPiex«) ©Lo not fac|e, 
Upon a morn o^ aKea^se^ 

<Ker roLiTit) Iq gfac:|aex^xi> mac^ej 
sKT^o oub Her €)fe<^x«)eiL ^Ingerx^ 

UpoQ eac^ 6foorr| ;6fte falsL, 
©Jftev, fteec|^uf o^ ^er prex^ence, 

Sr^ fo^sF^ trarK^jporf <^coaueiL. 



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|t v\?as a budding v\?oodland 
I^eside a river's flov\?." 



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IS'JW^if^ 



fe^^^S?^c. 



t%'f='^'S^" 



rjjfMHifcTr~~' ~ *- 




©Jfteir x^coQLjIiio" ooofte tKe fIfieA 

©yHere 6rief tFie Pifiex^ 6fcco.— 
#t CDoA a 6u.c^c^ino" aooo<^fa"r|t» 

IsjooftesL ©Locjon cjoitR e\/e-6 agfoco, 

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i) iJor x«>iTff x^fte Fo^eiL tRe pPeaAance, 

©Y^Here <^fte ftai. cJcoePt SePoco. 



©WHere fifle<^ xijoor^ are x^ReiL; 
©Jo "Bear tKeIr ^alnt rex^poii<*>e<^j 

^fie 'Beat fier ^Hiai no' fteaiL. — 
''!r?ejoIce coitft. vou ooe caar^ot, 

iJor ©eafHooariL are ooe x^peil." 
''flay, W\?e feac|<i) Qeaf^ a capfT^se, 

oKTTti ifiere ^HaPf 6e no ileai.." 



*'The herald of the da^f-davNjn 
VV)here walking sow5s no rue.' 



@^f/^ere coaftio^o' <^ocoA no rue, 
Upon a morQ of Jfeavser^ 

®J\ cfear re'eelfFe €>fea:>. 
J\ff rouT^tj tRe fac}efe<^(^ 6od>cage 

©Ifte meffooo ecKoe^ ffeoo; 
:^ eK tRouAaliti Aotio'x^ter^) caroffeiL 



UHeir carofx^ aaofte tRe aooocj-^iri., 

©YV'^ere coingei. fife a'rit) ^or^^ 
gitef ffee before tfie tempest, 

Mfe fear tRe foaofer'xi) aoroi^. 
" 5^eioice CJoitPi ^ou coe cannot, 

©eatK fter^xi) our f Puttering tfiroti^." 
''Ra^, bife CDiFP ^ou i.ePi^^er, 

iJor ^ou to bife 6ePong." 



''^he serapb^-ebild of rapture." 



UHe x^erap^-cftlPi. of rap-fure, 

©W^ere jov to Aoufx!) lA feaf, 
Upon a morn of (Kea^er^ 

Mac^e aPF tKe Sefe^ to peaP. 
Hfte mornino'-Afarxi), a"r2tD pPanefx^ 

Uftat tfirougft coi4e or6lfA oo^eeP, 
Sq unimagineiL antKemA 

9eAoun<^e©L cKea^en'x^ cjoeaP. 



©JHeIr antfiemxi) aoofte tfie xi>plnfxi> 
UHat x^fri^ee Iq rr^orfaf cfa^.— 

"Qejolce aoitfi ^ou coe canr^otl, 

©eatfi ftenqA Ltd) xi)o eacfi ooa^.'' 

"©eatK x*)ftaff not ^ou 6efra^ ; 
^or S arq Iso^e (#mmorfaf, 

oKlltj me x^Haff ©eaf^ o^^^-" 

£df//)6 A^. Thomas. 



